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leedyDamn, I really want this to be a poll, and was just about to upgrade my account PURELY TO GET THIS FUNCTIONALITY RIGHT NOW (I laugh in the face of delayed gratification) when I realized that I'd left my credit card at home. Which is normally a good thing, as it stops me spending gratuitous money that I don't have, but...
Anyhow. Here's the thing. It is St. Valentine's Day on Monday. Now, usually myself and the boy go out for dinner on this Speshul Day Of Wuv (*heave*), but it's never been a Huge Big Deal, and this year we'd pretty much decided to go out some other day when the restaurants were less crowded/overpriced. Many of my friends are of similar mind. However, at band rehearsal last night, we were discussing how much more work we had to do for Thursday's gig, and were checking when the rehearsal room was free. Sunday and Monday. Grand. Somebody remembers that Monday is Valentine's Day. Suddenly, blanched faces everywhere, cries of "Oh God, the mot will kill me", etc. It transpires that many of my bandmates have partners that they believe will be Very Very Upset if there is not a special effort made on St. Valentine's Day, and that going to an essential band practice will not be regarded as a good excuse. I, on the other hand, was all, "Oh yeah, grand, sure I think we're going out on Friday instead".
So, am I and my likeminded friends just cynical jaded old things who wouldn't know romance if it came up and bit them? Is it a big deal for any of you, or do you think it's just an excuse to sell cards? Should I be atoning for my St. Valentine's Day absence from the home by filling the house with pink candles and huge "I LOVE YOU, BRIAN" banners? Etc.
Anyhow. Here's the thing. It is St. Valentine's Day on Monday. Now, usually myself and the boy go out for dinner on this Speshul Day Of Wuv (*heave*), but it's never been a Huge Big Deal, and this year we'd pretty much decided to go out some other day when the restaurants were less crowded/overpriced. Many of my friends are of similar mind. However, at band rehearsal last night, we were discussing how much more work we had to do for Thursday's gig, and were checking when the rehearsal room was free. Sunday and Monday. Grand. Somebody remembers that Monday is Valentine's Day. Suddenly, blanched faces everywhere, cries of "Oh God, the mot will kill me", etc. It transpires that many of my bandmates have partners that they believe will be Very Very Upset if there is not a special effort made on St. Valentine's Day, and that going to an essential band practice will not be regarded as a good excuse. I, on the other hand, was all, "Oh yeah, grand, sure I think we're going out on Friday instead".
So, am I and my likeminded friends just cynical jaded old things who wouldn't know romance if it came up and bit them? Is it a big deal for any of you, or do you think it's just an excuse to sell cards? Should I be atoning for my St. Valentine's Day absence from the home by filling the house with pink candles and huge "I LOVE YOU, BRIAN" banners? Etc.
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Date: 2005-02-11 02:38 pm (UTC)Well, there's the fact that B. would wonder who had taken his girlfriend away and replaced her with Barbara Cartland...